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How many people actually LIKED this show?

posted 8 years ago by kjs1121991
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It seems as though almost every post on this board is negative. I watched the show a little bit when it first came out, but then I lost cable for a little while and never got back into it. Thank goodness for Netflix, I've been binge-watching it for a month and just started season 5. I honestly really enjoy it. I am 25 and I still think it's educational in a sense. I love the actor/actress choices. I really enjoy how much Ricky's character grew and changed. I love how Anne discovered her true self and stuck to it, although not everybody was happy about it for a while. I love how it helps show teenagers the consequences of sex, like unplanned pregnancy and the possibility of STDs (for instance, when Ricky had to go get tested). It's been a fairly enjoyable show.

[–] morgylady 8 years ago

I actually quite like it although i'm not sure why. The idea of it is really good. The scripts... well there wasn't any quality control there at all lol. Currently watching it again at a slower pace since the first time I watched it I crammed it all into about two weeks. I really feel bad for the actors some wasted talent there (at least they got paid for it lol). I really would have loved to see their reactions when getting some of the scripts. Ricky is my favourite (he reminds me a bit of my high school crush without the sleeping around bit) Normally I like Molly Ringwald but Anne I just wanted to gag.

[–] xxlove21 8 years ago

I genuinely liked it, it was silly sometimes but it was entertaining. I lost interest in the last season when Ben/Adrian were no longer together and Ricky/Amy were fighting constantly though.

[–] meowingdoggos 8 years ago

I'm 14 (turning 15 in a few months) and I'm halfway finished with season 1 and I quite like it so far. Reminds me a bit of iCarly (except this is a more mature one) which was my favorite show when I was 11. Also, Shailene Woodley is in this. I'll watch anything she's in and I'll like it even if it's bad

[–] ktowny 8 years ago

My 40 year old wife is binge watching it and apparently likes it. I watch it once in a while and can't figure out if its campy fun or appeals to my sense of morbid curiosity.

This is how I see the show... "did you have sex?.... she had sex...... John had sex with Jane and Jane had sex with Jimmy.... My mom is having sex... why did Joey have sex with Mary, she hates him.... etc"

"Loves turned to lust and bloods turned to dust in my heart"

[–] sweetheart_509 8 years ago

I'm in my 30s and I liked it. lol I'm not saying I didn't think it was ridiculous at times but I found it entertaining enough to watch it all the way through. I binge watched on Netflix also.

[–] Bridge2086 8 years ago

I'm 29 and I enjoy it. The fist season was annoying and the acting was awful. But I'm on season 3 and it's drawing me in. I'm in Canada and I didn't get the station when it was airing at the time so stand goodness for Netflix.

[–] Denys407 8 years ago

Well I first started watching it on Abc family when it first aired but lost interest.
So now I'm starting to binge watch it on Netflix from the beginning. Currently on season 1.

[–] saikano_75 8 years ago

The first season was good because it was about family and being close. But after that, it just became a train wreck or car accident that you couldn't look away from even though you knew what was going to happen.

They didn't simply make stupid mistakes, it's like they didn't have a brain in their heads at all. and the show put way too much of a significance on sex and not in an educational way. Everyone was just a horny dog.

I finished it, but it is not something I would rewatch or binge watch.

[–] tumblords 8 years ago

what kind of straight do you have to be to think this show is educational in a sense??????

omfg i'm so glad i'm not straight like that that's ridiculous.

[–] mpaige90 8 years ago

Its sort of a guilty pleasure. The dialogue is the worst and it's really awkward but that's part of the charm.